\Warm\, a. [Compar. {Warmer}; superl. {Warmest}.] [AS.
wearm; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. warm, Icel. varmr, Sw.
& Dan. varm, Goth. warmjan to warm; probably akin to Lith.
virti to cook, boil; or perhaps to Skr. gharma heat, OL.
formus warm. ???, ???.]
1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.
   ``Whose blood is warm within.'' --Shak.
         Warm and still is the summer night.   --Longfellow.
2. Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.
3. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or
   no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.
4. Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in
   spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited;
   sprightly; irritable; excitable.
         Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!    --Milton.
         Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.
                                               --Pope.
         They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad?
         mouths at.                            --Addison.
         I had been none of the warmest of partisans.
                                               --Hawthor??.
5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a
   warm contest; a warm debate.
         Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't.
                                               --Dryden.
6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances;
   forehanded; rich. [Colloq.]
         Warm householders, every one of them. --W. Irving.
         You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight:
         and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within
         five miles round him.                 --Goldsmith.
7. In children's games, being near the object sought for;
   hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing,
   or fact concealed. [Colloq.]
         Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting ``warm,''
         ?? children say at blindman's buff.   --Black.
8. (Paint.) Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their
   composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which
   is of blue and its compounds.
Syn: Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic;
     cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot.

\Warm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Warming}.] [AS. wearmian. See {Warm}, a.]
1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render
   warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an
   apartment.
         Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn;
         for he will take thereof and warm himself. --Isa.
                                               xliv 15
         Enough to warm, but not enough to burn.
                                               --Longfellow.
2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to
   excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
         I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial
         writings.                             --Pope.
         Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed. --Keble.

\Warm\, v. i. [AS. wearmian.]
1. To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon
   warms in a clear day summer.
         There shall not be a coal to warm at. --Isa. xlvii.
                                               14.
2. To become ardent or animated; as, the speake? warms as he
   proceeds.

\Warm\, n.
The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming;
a heating. [Colloq.] --Dickens.